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Starting Solids

4/1/2020

 
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by Jeana Wong
LLL Singapore Group


Grannies in my neighbourhood often commented on how small my children were for their age. Then they would watch wide-eyed as Judy and Gene, now nine and five years old, swigged their water and munched

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From Bottle-feeding to Exclusive Breastfeeding

12/11/2019

 
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Jia Xin Tian
Hualien City, Taiwan


When I was pregnant, I decided that I wanted to exclusively breastfeed my baby. It made practical sense since I had applied for unpaid maternity leave, and I knew breastfeeding would save me a lot of money while I wasn’t earning. I was also aware that it would be best for my baby’s health. ​My mother encouraged me to breastfeed, saying she had breastfed both me and my brother, and that my baby would suck naturally when he was put to my breast. Little did I know what lay ahead.

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Loving Guidance

12/11/2019

 
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by Alicia Horsley
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


I am a mother of four children, aged between 13 months and 15 years. Now that I have been a mother for 15 years (and I have completed my 93rd month of breastfeeding – I hope to make it to 120 months which will be a decade of breastfeeding!), I have recently stepped back to reflect on how I have approached parenting and how breastfeeding has influenced my parenting style. 

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Because of Love

19/9/2019

 
by Evelyn Chen
Xiamen, China


“Wow, you are still breastfeeding your big baby?” I’m often asked this question when I nurse my little girl, who is now 20 months old, in public. I usually reply, “Because she likes it and I have plenty of breast milk” or “Because it is good for her.” But if I think about it seriously, then I would say it is because of my love for my child; I demonstrate this love by giving her precious breast milk.



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Easing the Distress of Major Surgery

30/6/2019

 
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Shannon Gill
LLL Guangzhou - English Group


Last July, my husband and I were dreading the 7,000 mile flight with our 17-month-old son from Hong Kong to Seattle. It wasn’t the flight itself we were dreading (although flying with an active toddler is never a treat), it was what lay ahead of us once we arrived in the US.

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